Chapter 36

At adam's place he was laying on the couch,trying to get some sleep,but his mind kept going back to old memories of him and m.j…..

Adam was standing infront of the television in his livingroom,in disbelief about what he was seeing with his own two eyes : his fiancée turning tricks with some man, when the doorbell rang and after opening the door he saw m.j. standing there.

"I need to talk to you."said she softly and came in;"There something that I have to tell you!"

I know!"answered her fiancée while he pointed at the tv where the scenes of m.j. doing tricks was still on;"Is that what you wanted to tell me?"

"Oh,my god."whispered m.j. with tears in her eyes;"I…"

"That's what I thought too when I saw the woman that I'm suppose to marry today on tv playing the hooker!"started adam slowly;"Please tell me that this is all just a bad joke and that you aren't…."

"I never wanted you to find out like this,adam,I really didn't!"said his fiancée;"Please let me explain."

"What's there to explain?"asked he angry;"You have been lying to me from the start!"

"No,it wasn't like that!"answered m.j. as she began to cry;"I love you and I never meant to hurt you!"

"If you loved me then you would have told me,m.j!"yelled her fiancée and pushed m.j. away when she wanted to grab his hand;"It's over!"

"You can't really mean that,adam,it can't just be over!"begged she;"If we just put off the wedding for while then we can get through this together!"

"How can I ever marry you after this?"asked adam still in shock;"I don't even know who you are!"

"You do know who I am,adam,I'm still the same woman that you fell in love with!"answered his fiancée crying;"Please don't do this!"

"It's too late!"said he angry and turned his back towards her while he heard her running out of his apartment;"It's over!"

Slowly adam shook off the memory of that day while he felt ashamed about the way that he'd treated m.j. that day and the days after that untill she finally left town and got off the couch;"I never should have let her go!"

Later that day Nicole was talking to her sister;"I almost told shane this morning."

"Almost?"asked donna surprised;"What happened?"

"I asked him if he could see us with kids and then he said that he could see us with kids in a few years or so,donna,after he'd had me all to himself for a while."answered her sister;"He doesn't want kids right now."

"Maybe shane didn't plan to have a baby right now,Nicole,but neither did you and that doesn't mean that he wouldn't be happy about it if you told him the truth!"

"No,donna,he just isn't ready for kids yet and he doesn't want them yet."

"How can you be so sure about that?"started donna slowly;"You won't know how he will react untill you tell him truth!"

"I'm not going to tell him the truth!"said she softly;"If I tell him right now then I will push him into something that he's not ready for yet."

"You have to tell him!"warned her sister her;"This isn't something that you can't keep it from him forever!"

"If I tell him then he will want to do the right thing!"answered Nicole;"I want him to be with me because he loves me and not because I'm pregnant!"

"But shane is with you because he loves you!"said donna;"Please,Nicole,don't be so stubborn and just tell him the truth about being pregnant with his child!"

At the hospital Cheryl was talking to chad,who was laying in the hospital;"The doctor said that you're gonna be just fine."

"Look,honey,are we okay now?"asked chad worried as he grabbed her hand;"You have to believe me when I tell you that you are the only one that I love and want to be with!"

"I know that and I'm sorry about yesterday,chad,I shouldn't have been acting like such a bitch."started his girlfriend when dawn came in with her husband;"Hey,guys."

"Hi,you two."said dawn and looked at chad;"How are you feeling,chad,we were here earlier,but you were still asleep."

"I'm okay."answered he;"Don't look son worried."

"Your brother is a hero."smiled Cheryl;"If he hadn't jumped infront of me then who knows what would have happened."

"Come on,Cheryl,that isn't true."laughed her boyfriend,but stopped when he felt a sharp pain in his chest;"Maybe I shouldn't laugh for a while."

"Cheryl is right,chad,you saved her life lastnight."said scott;"If you hadn't jumped infront of her she probably would be dead right now."

"I only did what anybody else would have done too."started he with a faint smile;"So,please,don't make such a big deal about it!"

"It is a big deal,baby."smiled his girlfriend as she gently kissed chad right now his mouth,shocking both scott and dawn;"You saved my life!"

"Since when…?"asked dawn stuned;"How long…?"

"We've been seeing eachother since my birthday."answered Cheryl and took chad's hand in hers;"I love your brother and he loves me,dawn!"

"So I was right!"said she;"I knew that there was something going on!"

"But why hide it from everybody?"asked her husband surprised;"Why?"

"We didn't think you all would understand."started chad slowly;"We thought that nobody would be happy with her being with me."

"I doubt if they will feel that way now."smiled his sister;"You saved her life,Cheryl,so you're a hero!"

Lisa was just cleaning up in her kitchen when the doorbell rang and she found her in-laws on the doorstep;"Hi,guys."

"Hello,lisa."said Rachel as they followed lisa into the livingroom;"We came to see how felica is doing."

"Felica was really Jamie had to give her a sedative."answered she;"She's sleeping upstairs in the guestroom right now."

"How are you doing,lisa?"asked mack;"Are you allright?"

"I'm doing better then my aunt."started his daughter-in-law softly;"She's really crushed by mitch's death."

"She really loved him."said Rachel slowly;"I haven't seen her that happy since she was with zahn."

"How is sam doing?"asked lisa suddenly;"Is he still in the hospital?"

"Yes,but he can probably go home tomorrow."answered her father-in-law;"We stopped by to see him on our way overhere and he was pretty shaken up by his brother's death."

"I still can't understand how this could have happened lastnight."said Rachel tired;"I hope that they catch those men."

"I'm sure that they will."answered her daughter-in-law;"Jamie said that adam was furious and that he said that he was going to get them for what they did!"

That night Kathleen walked into her sister's hospitalroom with her husband and was surprised to see adam there again;"What are you doing here?"

"I sneaked in when the nurse wasn't looking."said he and got up;"I only came to see how m.j. was doing."

"You seem to be doing that a lot lately,adam."began Kathleen suspicious;"What is going on between you two?"

"Come on,Kathleen,stop giving adam such a hard time!"said her husband quickly;"Just because he and m.j. aren't together that doesn't mean that he doesn't have a right to be worried about her after what has happened."

"No,there's more to this!"answered she and turned back towards adam;"I have seen the way you look at her when you think that nobody is looking,adam,I saw it lastnight too and that's the same way you used to look at her when you guys were still together."

"What do you want me to say?"asked adam angry and walked away;"That I love her and that I realize now what a terrible mistake I made by letting her go?"

"Adam…"started his friend softly as they followed him quickly on to the hallway and grabbed adam's arm;"I'm sorry."

"So am i."answered he with a faint smile;"Look,guys,I didn't mean for you guys to find out like this!"

"Since when did you really that you were still in love with her?"said cass;"Does m.j. feel the same way and if she does then what about aaron?"

"I really thought that my feelings for m.j. were gone,cass,but eversince my birthday I started thinking more and more about her and then I found her in new York and it got worse and on the day that she came to talk to me about justin being my son again one thing just lead to another."began his friend slowly;"One minute she was making me furious while we're in the middle of a big fight and the next thing I know I was suddenly kissing her."

"I always knew that your feelings for m.j. couldn't have just disappeared."answered he;"What did m.j. do when you kissed her?"

"At first she was as stuned as I was myself and slapped me,but when I kissed her again for a second time she kissed me back."said adam with a faint smile;"I didn't see this coming and neither did she,but we both feel the same way and we want to be together again."

"But what about aaron?"asked Kathleen surprised;"M.j. is still with him,isn't she?"

"Yes,but she didn't want to tell him over the phone and wants to tell him as soon as he gets back again."answered her friend;"So,please keep this to yourself for now."

"Kathleen talked to aaron about an hour ago and he's flying downhere,adam,so if you really don't want him to find out untill m.j.'s had a chance to tell him the truth then you should be more carefull about coming downhere like this."warned cass him;"He might find it strange to find m.j.'s ex-fiancee by her bedside all the time and then he could find out the truth."

"Cass is right."said his wife;"I know it must be hard not being able to be with m.j. right now,adam,but you have to stay away from m.j. untill she has had a chance to tell aaron about her decision to be with you."